Hailing from Alice, TX, SHATTERED SUN quickly grabbed the attention of heavyweight management team Breaking Bands LLC, led by Adrenaline PR CEO Maria Ferrero, one of metal’s original architects, Jon Zazula, and Testament front-man Chuck…
Clear The Auditorium – The Final Broadcast CD (SaNPR) An explosive mix of sounds which lends itself to the likes of Pendulum, Prodigy, and Enter Shikari as it cascades in electronica throughout the seven tracks…
Ensiferum – One Man Army (Metal Blade) There are significant moments in everyone’s musical history, game changing releases or shows that define and change the way they, you, me, view music and listen to it….
War On Women – War On Women (Bridge Nine) Probably my favourite Bridge Nine release in quite a while. Full of vitriol and focused aggression; it’s Riot Grrl with as much emphasis on the music…
ToyGuitar – In This Mess (Fat Wreck) OK, so toyGuitar is the current baby/ side-project of Jack Dalrymple and various others. Knowing that Jack has been responsible for creating some incredible music with bands like…
A MESSAGE FROM ROD SMALLWOOD, MANAGER OF IRON MAIDEN The ever-increasing plague of ‘Secondary Ticketing’ excesses are a blight on live music and sports events and much to the detriment of fans. This affects fans…
Signals Midwest – Light On The Lake CD (Tiny Engines) This CD came in my review package without any accompanying press sheet (or I lost it), but sometimes I love putting these discs in for…
Digits – Footprints & Embers MCD (DIY) Billed as one for fans of the likes of Glassjaw, Deftones or Reuben, these are all bands I\’ve not been remotely interested in, so I\’m treading new territory…
Terminus – Back Among The Blind CD (Boss Tuneage) This reissue completes the fantastic job that Boss Tuneage have done in making the back catalogue of this massively underrated band available once again. Terminus were…
Oakland, CA natives, SECRETS OF THE SKY, have signed with Metal Blade Records and will be releasing their sophomore album in the summer of 2015! The psychedelic, doom act released \”To Sail Black Waters\” through…
New Full-Length Album Coming in 2015 Modern Pain was formed in 2010 in Dallas, TX by four people with music taste on opposite ends of the spectrum for the sole purpose of playing straight edge…
Brothers of the Sonic Cloth – S/T CD (Neurot Recordings) The North Western trio featuring TAD’s eponymous frontman produce a suitably heavy debut offering of Doom infused Sludge, with an underlying punk rawness. Barely picking…
